Perceived Stigma among Parents of Children Diagnosed with Covid-19

 The "black sheep of the family" role  Isolation  Social exclusion  Stereotypes  Discrimination 2. BACKGROUND While fewer children have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, children can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, can get sick from COVID-19, and can spread the virus that causes COVID-19 to others.Children, like adults, who have COVID-19 but have no symptoms ("asymptomatic") can still spread the virus to others.Most children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms or have no symptoms at all.However, some children can get severely ill from COVID-19.They might require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe.In rare cases, they might die.Social stigma in the context of health is the negative association between a person or group Abstract: This descriptive study assessed parent's stigma regarding Covid-19 of their children.Fifty subjects were selected by convenience sampling.The study revealed that 38% reported mild stigma, 34% reported moderate stigma, and 28% of parents reported severe stigma.And there was a statistically (p=0.05)significant association between level of stigma and age of the child when at admission to in the hospital.There was no statistically significant association between perceived stigma and other demographic variables including age of, respondent, father education, mother education, monthly income, number of siblings, type of family, age of the mother when child was born, gender of the child when Covid-19 has diagnosed, or age of the child at admission to the hospital.